Barren Grounds

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In 1960s Sydney, a killer stalks the streets and one cop will risk everything to stop him. The calling card of the killer known as The Jeweller is as elegant as it is gruesome: a pair of ring fingers, separated from their owners, encircled by a band of wire, delivered directly to Senior Detective Joe Capello. When the Jeweller taunts Joe and his team into meeting him in the diseased grounds of Barren Park, the consequences of that evening will have permanent repercussions for everyone involved. And for Joe, it gets personal. Two years later, Joe is off the force, but no less obsessed with the Jeweller and his horrific crimes. When a new parcel arrives at his home, Joe is invited back onto the task force and given the opportunity to redeem himself. But vindication relies on Joe finally capturing The Jeweller and now he has to decide if hes willing to do what it takes whatever it takes to finally bring this case to a close. For fans of Greg Woodland, Matt Nable, and Chris Hammer comes a twisting thriller about the past, the present, and the hope of a future. Praise for B. Michael Radburns previous works: A taut and twisting Australian rural thriller with empathetic characters, vividly drawn locations and edge-of-your-seat tension. L. J. M. Owen, author of The Great Divide on The Reach guaranteed to send shivers down spines. Sunday Tasmanian on Blackwater Moon

Author Bio

B. Michael Radburn is an award-winning writer of short stories, novels and screen plays. He is also the founder of Dark Press Publications and the former editor of the Australian Horror and Fantasy Magazine. He is the author of Blackwater Moon, The Reach, The Falls, and The Crossing, which is being made into a film by Chris Haywood. He lives in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales with his family. Barren Grounds is his fifth novel.